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Simon Yuen takes a close look at Soltec’s floating solar tracker, which the company says is based on naval design principles.

The PPA will allow GKN Automotive to source power from Recurrent Energy's Rey I solar PV project located in Seville, Spain.

The US generated 236.12TWh of power last year, while in Germany over 12% of power was produced by solar, the highest among all G7 countries.

German engineering firm Belectric has secured a contract to build a 135MWp solar PV project in Denmark, expected to be operational in 2025.

The company talks to PV Tech about challenges and opportunities in the solar PV market in Europe, as well as its manufacturing capacity.

Demand for new solar projects and the falling cost of manufacturing could present an opportunity for European developers, such as Holosolis.

Spanish renewable power developer Zelestra has added €225 million (US$242.1 million) in loan financing to its funding streams.

Carbon has announced plans for its next facility, a research and development (R&D) and training facility in Istres, southern France.

Chinese module manufacturer Trina Solar has signed a collaboration agreement with IES-UPM to drive innovation in the solar industry.

Eurelectric reports that, in the first half of the year, renewable energy accounted for more than half of Europe's power supply.